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22 Colorado Districts Stayed Below the State Average in All Six Years
Colorado's chronic absenteeism rate rose to 34.6% in 2021-22 before easing to 28.5% in 2024-25. Across that six-year panel, 22 districts stayed below the statewide rate every year. The comparison is l...
Black and Hispanic Graduation Rates Cross 80% as Colorado's Racial Gaps Narrow
Colorado's four-year graduation rates for Black and Hispanic students each rose 6.2 percentage points from 2019 to 2025, reaching 80.6% and 80.2%. The rate for White students rose 4.1 points to 90.0%....
Only 19 of 93 Colorado Districts Have Recovered to Pre-COVID Absence Levels
Five years after COVID-19 disrupted attendance patterns across Colorado, only 19 of 93 measurable districts have chronic absenteeism rates at or below where they stood in 2019-20. That is a 20.4% reco...
Reported multiracial membership grew 41.0% in Colorado
Correction (October 8, 2026): This article now uses the original annual-file counts, correct category rankings and annual additions. Unsupported explanations and quotations have been removed. Kinderga...
Six Named Denver-Area Districts Reach Lows in the Checked Annual Files
Correction: This article has been revised to use original annual enrollment files, define the districts included, and distinguish losses from different individual peaks from a common starting-year com...
White Kindergartners Down 21% in a Decade
Colorado's kindergarten classrooms in 2025-26 look nothing like they did a decade ago. White kindergartners numbered 27,385 in the October 2025 count, down 7,400 from 34,785 in 2016. That is a 21.3% d...
Colorado’s 81 organizations at their lowest available enrollment
Correction: The historical comparisons now use the complete original annual membership files and require a continuous record under the same organization identifier. The earlier “all-time” and “half of...